Conwil railway station

Conwil Station
Conwil station in 1962
Location
Place	Cynwyl Elfed
Area	Carmarthen
Coordinates	51°54′45″N 4°20′53″W / 51.9124°N 4.3480°W / 51.9124; -4.3480Coordinates: 51°54′45″N 4°20′53″W / 51.9124°N 4.3480°W / 51.9124; -4.3480
Grid reference	SN3859426371
Operations
Original company	Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
Platforms	2
History
3 September 1860	Station opened
31 December 1860	Station closed
12 August 1861	Station re-opened
22 February 1965	Station closed to passengers
1973	Line closed
1978	Station purchased by the Gwili Railway
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Conwil was a railway station near the village of Cynwyl Elfed, West Wales, serving the hamlet and the rural locale.

The Teifi Valley Railway was originally operated by the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway between Carmarthen and Cynwyl Elfed. In 1864, the line was extended to Pencader and Llandysul. The line was purchased by the Great Western Railway (GWR).

Although passenger services ceased in 1965, goods services continued until 1973 because of the milk train services to the Co-operative Group creamery at Newcastle Emlyn. As of 2012 the station and platforms still survive.

A group of railway enthusiasts bought eight miles of the old trackbed. In neighbouring Bronwydd, a 1 mile long section of the line was reopened in spring 1978 for tourists and named the Gwili Railway. The Gwili Railway aims to eventually restore the railway as far north as Llanpumsaint. Plans were underway in 2012 to extend the line southwards to the site of Abergwili Junction. Seven derelict bridges crossing the Gwili lie between Conwyl itself and Llanpumpsaint; the cost of restoring them is a major factor delaying the reopening of the line up to Llanpumpsaint.)